The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERA yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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Women naturally desire the same six things as I; they want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous with money, obedient to the wife, and lively in bed.
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Many small make a great.
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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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We little know the things for which we pray.
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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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One shouldn’t be too inquisitive in life Either about God’s secrets or one’s wife.
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Patience is a conquering virtue. The learned say that, if it not desert you, It vanquishes what force can never reach; Why answer back at every angry speech? No, learn forbearance or, I’ll tell you what, You will be taught it, whether you will or not.
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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